Matt Morrison

Serotonin Supplies

Overengineered necklaces by me for people

The goal of Serotonin Supplies is straightforward: make people smile with something as simple as a piece of jewelry. To this end, I make and give out necklaces to friends, students, strangers, family, mortal enemies, and non-profits. I design the pendants in Illustrator, pastel on scraps of birch plywood, laser cut the pendants, string them, and finally give them out. I was fortunate enough to receive a grant from the UC Berkeley Arts and Creativity fund to expand the scope of the operation while I was in school. I've made and given out a few thousand necklaces.

I'll spare you the details, but throw some photos below.

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Happy people with some necklaces
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Some plywood pasteled and ready for laser cutting
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Laser cutting some necklaces (color faces down)
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Playing with some more complicated geometry
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Peace
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Iris and I
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My buddy Eric handing out necklaces to strangers in Dolores
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The original design, a Serotonin molecule